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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fox Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox Creek and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Fox Creek:
    • 37.065567, -106.201416
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Fox Creek
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Conejos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Conejos County
    • Since Fox Creek is near Rio Arriba County and also Archuleta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Arriba County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Archuleta County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Fox Creek

Communities Also Named Fox Creek ...

We found eight communities that are also named Fox Creek.

Within Colorado, the name Fox Creek is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Fox Creek lies 1,297 miles [2,087.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fox Creek that is located in Conejos County.
    • Idaho
      • Teton County
      • This Fox Creek is located in Teton County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fox Creek that is located in Conejos County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Teton County community of Fox Creek.
    • Kansas
      • Chase County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Fox Creek [Chase County].
    • Kentucky
      • Anderson County
      • This Fox Creek is located in Anderson County and lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the east of the Fox Creek that is located in Conejos County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Fox Creek.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Fox Creek [Wayne County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Fox Creek is located in Saint Louis County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<1> to the east of the Fox Creek that is located in Conejos County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Fox Creek.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Fox Creek lies 2,205 miles [3,548.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fox Creek that is located in Conejos County.
    • Wisconsin
      • Polk County
      • This Fox Creek is located in Polk County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fox Creek that is located in Conejos County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Fox Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Creek ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Big Horn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Big Horn is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Horn
  • Bountiful
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bountiful is located in Conejos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
  • Guadalupe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Guadalupe is located in Conejos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
  • Henry
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Henry is located in Alamosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
  • Jasper ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jasper is located in Rio Grande County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
  • Lava ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lava is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
  • Romeo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sublette
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
  • Three Forks
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Three Forks is located in Conejos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
  • Willow Creek
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Willow Creek is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek

How Far From Fox Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fox Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fox Creek and extending to:

  • Conejos, which is the Seat of Conejos County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fox Creek to Conejos, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 196 miles [315.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,585 miles [2,550.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,063 miles [11,366.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,824 miles [12,591.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,747 miles [9,248.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fox Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Fox Creek could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Fox Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fox Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0656, Longitude: -106.2014       In this case, the coordinates for Fox Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.155 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.496 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.875 degrees.